an enthusiastic reception, no question.And since then it's been a matter of running in. Or what we like to call running in. That is to say, riding at a fair clip most of the time while resisting as much as possible any lunges into that post-10,000rpm realm

bike looking for an identity.March 2007I feel I must apologise for not having been more enthusiastic about the CBF. A couple of months ago I was borderline ambivalent about its aesthetic and performance. Now I think that was nothing more than a mild

it bottoming out a couple of times.The footrests drag on the ground as soon as you start riding, erm, lets say 'enthusiastically'. On a sports bike this would be a really bad thing, but on the Trumpet it becomes just another one of the bike's endearing features

to lead me into far too much temptation on my often-convoluted route to avoid the straight-line boredom of the A1, a route that not only had me risking my licence but also kept making me late for work, despite the somewhat enthusiastic speeds. The grin

load of enthusiastic hands keen to get behind a rider. So many of them look so good you'd think there was loads of money behind them, but that's rarely the case. Unless you're Darren Fry*Racing is an amazing way of wasting an entire weekend doing

confused with its bigger brother, it gained its own fiercely enthusiastic following, sending Triumph's sales figures shooting up in the process.  As good-looking and attitude-filled as the Speed, the Street's smaller engine makes it lighter, more economical

was there with his father Graziano, who informed me that young Vale was doing OK racing mini bikes and hoped that one day he would ride a 125cc GP bike. I shook his hand and wished him luck, never thinking for a moment that the young enthusiast might turn out to be a

, under power the drive is completely neutral and the gearbox is sweet as a penny. Clutchless-shifts come naturally on the GTR, there's really no need to use the clutch for going up the 'box, and you can pop down through the gears fairly enthusiastically

FireBlade engine. It can't boast quite as much peak power and torque as the Fazer so it doesn't feel quite as fruity and enthusiastic overall. But there's a hint more grunt right at the bottom of the rev range making it slightly more flexible around

. Enthusiastic enough to be well up for our 0-180mph in a day challenge, yet bright enough to have a healthy awareness of the potential risks (well, some of them), Peter, or Speccy Bender as we called him despite being neither gay or rarely wearing glasses, had